Earlier in January, Singapore's celebrity chef Violet Oon visited Dubai ahead of the Singapore Food Festival. Taking place February 20 through to March 2, it is a promotional festival held in LuLu's supermarkets throughout the UAE. Foods from Singapore will be available, and there will be a full program of cooking demonstrations, tastings, and other events. In the years that I lived in Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia), Singapore was a popular long-weekend destination. We would fly directly to Johor Bahru and then across the border and bridge into Singapore. Admittedly, living in Miri with its own abundance of street food and local Chinese, Malay, and Indian cuisine, Singapore for me at the time was all about trendy gourmet and top end cuisine. Even so, I could never resist a Singapore curry laksa, nor its famous Chilli Crab. Singapore Chilli Crab (photo courtesy of IE Singapore) S...